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  • True to the Game II by Teri Woods

    True to the Game II by Teri Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    TRUE TO THE GAME II will pick up where True to the Game left off-- with one difference, Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay. Little does Gena know that the man she has fallen in love with, so soon after Quadir's death, is his archrival, Jerrell Jackson. Unfortunately, Jerrell is determined to get his revenge against Quadir's crew and he'll start with Gena...
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    crime  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Dutch by Teri Woods

    Dutch by Teri Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    James Bernard Jr., a.k.a. Dutch, has become the most dangerous criminal in New Jersey. From his early skill as a car thief, Dutch recognized the opportunity to rule the streets and he seized it. Feared by all, and completely fearless, Dutch and his dangerous clique take over the lucrative heroin business of a local African drug lord...
  • Aue by Becky Manawatu

    Aue by Becky Manawatu

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTIONWINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVELauē (verb) to cry, howl, groan, wail, bawl. (interjection) expression of astonishment or distress.Taukiri was born into sorrow...
  • True to the Game III by Teri Woods

    True to the Game III by Teri Woods

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly...
  • Deception by Naomi Chase

    Deception by Naomi Chase

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sisters can share too much. . . Acquitted of murder, Tamia Luke is on a mission to reclaim all she's lost, including her ex, Brandon. He's about to get married, but Tamia's determined, even if it means resorting to deception--a family habit. Her sister, Fiona, betrayed Tamia to save her own skin. Now the two share a scandalous secret that may destroy both their plans to start over. .
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    crime  poc-mc  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book
  • Mine to Hold by Ashley Nicole

    Mine to Hold by Ashley Nicole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For years, she maintained her composure and played the role of dutiful wife as her husband lied and cheated with more women than he could count. Now, Janie is fed up and ready to call it quits, but he wants to hold on. As secrets are revealed, Janie realizes her husband’s double life may just cost her own...
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    crime  poc-mc  suspense  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  dark
  • Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey

    Resurrecting Midnight by Eric Jerome Dickey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Set amidst the exotic and vibrant streets of Miami and Buenos Aires, 'Resurrecting Midnight' is an action-filled, pulse-pounding thriller featuring Dickey's greatest creation - Gideon...
  • Trainspotting: The Screenplay by John Hodge

    Trainspotting: The Screenplay by John Hodge

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Set in the underbelly of Edinburgh, Trainspotting is a story inhabited by a galaxy of immensely colorful characters -- liars, thieves, junkies -- people whose habits, emotions, and stories will leave an indelible imprint on the reader's mind...
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    crime  realistic  urban  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre wouldn’t let herself be called a victim. Nikkie Jean wasn’t a victim. She was a survivor. Now a pediatric surgical resident at the best teaching hospital in Texas, Nikkie Jean knows there’s nothing she can’t make it through if she just keeps going...
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    crime  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Redemption by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Redemption by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jessie Clarke has worked hard for almost a decade to overcome the trauma of her past, and building her career as a fireman in McKenzie Ridge has helped her become a strong, independent woman. But, underneath her fowl mouth and tough exterior, Jessie hides a secret that could not only endanger her but all those she loves in her small mountain town...
  • Stealing Candy by Allison Hobbs

    Stealing Candy by Allison Hobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forced teen prostitution in America is on the rise and is being exposed through the media. Allison Hobbs offers a provocative look into the lives of three young girls who have been forced into sex slavery by a homicidal pimp, and the one woman who risks everything to try and save their lives. "Stealing Candy "by Allison Hobbs is a shocking novel about human sex trafficking...
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    poc-mc  suspense  urban  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Happily working on her family’s macadamia farm in the rolling hills of northern New South Wales, Dee Peters receives an enigmatic letter hinting of family secrets, and the prospect of her inheriting a cattle station in the Northern Territory outback...
  • Jaded by Ela Lee

    Jaded by Ela Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened—and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.Jade isn’t even my real name. Jade began as my Starbucks name, because all children of immigrants have a Starbucks name...
  • Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

    Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths, and the undeniable power of hope, by New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed. Perfect for fans of Sadie and Dear Martin. Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist...
  • Angelica And Francesca by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    Angelica And Francesca by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Angelica and Francesca are the identical twin daughters of Pellrue, Duke of Doretay. Doretay is a state within a kingdom called Vidien, which Angelica's and Francesca's great uncle, King Oscar, rules. Pellrue attempts to keep control of his wicked, evil daughters as they keep entering his city and raising havoc by torturing and murdering the common citizens within...
  • Tangled Web by Wendy Saunders

    Tangled Web by Wendy Saunders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There's only one thing missing... her sister.Cassandra hasn't seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. She had only been five years old at the time and can barely recall the events of that night...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dark  fiction  mystery
  • Stone Cold Liar by Noire

    Stone Cold Liar by Noire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Urban erotica has never been hotter!" —Nikki Turner Her billionaire family's scandalous secrets are as big as their fortune. But consummate con-mami Mink LaRue plans to play them all for the ultimate high stakes... As a newly-minted Dominion family heiress, Mink has new golden moves to snag even more of the family fortune...
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    poc-mc  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • Blinded by Lyz Kelley

    Blinded by Lyz Kelley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A small town murder. A second chance at love. Somebody killed Joey Gaccione’s brother. After a ten-year absence, the big city detective returns home to Colorado for the funeral knowing he will be pressured to find Sheriff Sam’s killer. Joey’s instincts say whoever murdered his brother is part of something more sinister than the Elkridge deputies can handle...
  • The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Brighton Beach, 1993Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer...
    Categorized as:
    crime  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Demain by Guillaume Musso

    Demain by Guillaume Musso

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Elle est son passé...... il est son avenir.Emma vit à New York. À 32 ans, elle continue de chercher l homme de sa vie.Matthew habite à Boston. Il a perdu sa femme dans un terrible accident et élève seul sa fille de quatre ans.Ils font connaissance grâce à Internet et bientôt, leurs échanges de mails les laissent penser qu ils ont enfin droit au bonheur...
  • His Return by Sheila Kell

    His Return by Sheila Kell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four years without a word. Will she welcome him back? Meet the hot-bodied men of Hamilton Investigation & Security (HIS) as they do whatever it takes to protect the women who have stolen their hearts. Regrets are a bitch but Jake Cavanaugh can't seem to escape his...
  • Red Hot Liar by Noire

    Red Hot Liar by Noire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's an heiress to a mega-fortune. But expert con-mami Mink LaRue will have to go beyond the top of her game to win the biggest hustle of all... Now that Mink has pushed her way to the front of the line to capture the Dominion family's oil billions, her life has become a luxurious whirl of easy money, fine whips, and sparkling jewels...
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    poc-mc  realistic  suspense  urban  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book
  • Beautiful Assassin by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Beautiful Assassin by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Retired hitwoman Celine Briggs loved few people in this world; Her husband Caleb, and her ex-handler, Brian Devereaux. When Celine took her marital vows, she exchanged the life of guns, drugs, and violence for the peaceful life as Caleb's wife. However, not all things buried stay hidden...
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    crime  poc-mc  suspense  urban  action-adventure  adult  black-mc  book
  • Dare You by Jennifer Brown

    Dare You by Jennifer Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the second book of the suspenseful Shade Me trilogy, Nikki Kill becomes embroiled in another mystery where only her synesthesia can help her unravel the dark truth.Nikki Kill didn’t realize that trying to find out who killed Peyton Hollis would tangle her in a web of dangerous family secrets that would rock her identity to the core...
  • Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 of the Edge of the Heat Series - romantic suspense box set - bundle Emma Hill fights for her life, and the life of her new boyfriend against an evil, scheming, dirty cop. Her new boyfriend has some secrets of his own to bring to the fight, both for their lives, and for Emma's heart...
  • Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton

    Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Kimberley can be a haven for those who can stand the heat, but its isolated beauty can also be deadly, if you're not paying attention... The remote Matsu diamond mine in the Kimberley is the perfect place for engineer Dru Porter to hide. Her insignificance in that vast and rugged landscape helps her feel invisible. And safe...
  • The List by Velvet Vaughn

    The List by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  thriller
  • White Lines II: Sunny by Tracy Brown

    White Lines II: Sunny by Tracy Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her most stunning, riveting, unstoppable novel yet, bestselling and critically acclaimed author, Tracy Brown delivers the not-to-be-missed sequel to WHITE LINESOn the surface, it appears that Sunny has got it all-looks, money, a beautiful home, a healthy daughter, and friends who love her. But Sunny has a secret--something she hasn't even told her best friend. The truth is Sunny is unhappy...
    Categorized as:
    crime  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service...
  • The Teflon Queen by Silk White

    The Teflon Queen by Silk White

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Angela is a renowned assassin "only" known by the name "the Teflon Queen". Her lethal grace, steady shot, and unmatched accuracy have made her the absolute best and most sought after killer in the game. But when the killer without a conscience is faced with an unknown emotion.... LOVE. Her whole perception is thrown off course and in a profession where second guessing can mean life or death ...
  • Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel

    Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cloé Beauchamp est une jeune femme à qui tout semble réussir; belle, brillante, sur le point d'être nommée à la tête d'une prestigieuse agence de publicité... Et amoureuse, depuis peu, d'un homme charmant. Elle cache à la perfection ses failles et les horreurs qui ont jalonné son passé. Mais lentement, sa vie va se transformer en cauchemar...
  • Bedroom Bully by Trista Russell

    Bedroom Bully by Trista Russell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Audra Lopez watches news reports about the infamous "Turnpike Cop Killer" at her favorite after-work spot, the last thing she expects is to find the wanted man waiting at her house like an old, familiar lover...
    Categorized as:
    crime  poc-mc  suspense  urban  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • The Prodigal by Kit Foster

    The Prodigal by Kit Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Exiled from his beloved Newcastle sixteen years ago, Detective Sergeant Lee Jamieson is returning home in search of the teenage daughter he’s never met. With a good promotion under his belt and his parents gone, he’s ready to return to his roots and the warm Geordie spirit he has missed so much...
  • These Sorrows We See by Tamsen Schultz

    These Sorrows We See by Tamsen Schultz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sorrows are something Matty Brooks knows a thing or two about. Having grown up in the projects of New York City, she’s seen her fair share. But as an adult, and successful author, Matty is all too happy to leave that life far behind. Secrets aren’t something Dr. Dash Kent knows much about...
  • The Hunter by Tana French

    The Hunter by Tana French

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace...
  • Come, Gentle Night by Stephanie Black

    Come, Gentle Night by Stephanie Black

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After her entanglement in several homicide investigations, psychologist Natalie Marsh is determined to avoid further trouble. But when her intern needs help monitoring and calming family drama for the duration of a party, Natalie steps up...
  • Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry

    Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    National Parks Ranger Jo Lockwood is often alone in the wilderness, and she likes it that way – until she discovers the body of a man, brutally murdered. Detective Nick Matheson’s new posting to the north-west of New South Wales is supposed to be an uneventful return to normal duties and a normal life...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless by Kiki Swinson, Noire

    Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless by Kiki Swinson, Noire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    National bestselling authors Kiki Swinson and Noire double down in these sizzling novellas about sex, money, andtoo much of a good thing…Shamelessly RichKIKI SWINSONExclusive parties, high-end rides, designer everything—for Virginia Beach heiress Megan Rich, it’s just an ordinary day. And one taste of Eric Chambers’ thug loving has her spending like crazyto keep him primed, hot,’n ready...
    Categorized as:
    crime  poc-mc  suspense  urban  adult  anthologies  audiobook  black-mc
  • Hard Time by A.J. Carella

    Hard Time by A.J. Carella

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to family, Kat will do anything. Even if that means going against everything she believes in, and risking her already fragile relationship with the man she loves. Faced with a problem that is too much for her alone, she enlists the help of her one time partner, Kyle. Together they must uncover a deadly secret before any more innocent lives are lost...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  thriller
  • Nailed by Joseph Flynn

    Nailed by Joseph Flynn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ron Ketchum saw his share of the dark side of life as a cop in Los Angeles. Then he left L.A. to become the chief of police in the Sierra Nevada resort town of Goldstrike. One sunny morning in the mountains, though, he comes upon a crime unlike anything he’s ever seen before. He finds the body of an African American man nailed to a tree...
    Categorized as:
    crime  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • Profile of Evil by Alexa Grace

    Profile of Evil by Alexa Grace

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Carly Stone is a brilliant FBI agent who’s seen more than her share of evil. Leaving the agency, she becomes a consultant for Indiana County Sheriff Brody Chase. He needs her help to catch a savage killer who is luring teenaged girls to their death in the handsome sheriff’s community. The two are determined to stop a dangerous predator before he takes another life — at any cost...
  • Mercy Street by Mariah Stewart

    Mercy Street by Mariah Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards. Mariah Stewart crafts compelling stories of romantic suspense, full of richly imagined characters, dazzling plot twists, and breathless action that keeps the pages turning...
  • After Story by Larissa Behrendt

    After Story by Larissa Behrendt

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past.Twenty-five years earlier the disappearance of Jasmine's older sister devastated their tight-knit community...
  • Familia by Lauren E. Rico

    Familia by Lauren E. Rico

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What if your most basic beliefs about your life were suddenly revealed to be a lie? In this compelling, emotional novel, two young women are brought together by a genealogy test and a haunting question that shakes their understanding of what family is and who they truly are . .
  • What Hell Is Not by Alessandro D'Avenia

    What Hell Is Not by Alessandro D'Avenia

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Take away love and you will have hell, ' you told me, Father Pino. 'Give love and you will have what hell is not.' Federico is a privileged teenager from Palermo. He is preparing to spend a summer learning English in Oxford when his teacher, Father Pino, asks him to help out at a youth centre in an area of Palermo dominated by mafia and misery...
  • Clockers by Richard Price

    Clockers by Richard Price

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Award-winning author Richard Price here offers a viscerally affecting and accomplished portrait of inner-city America.Veteran homicide detective Rocco Klein's passion for the job gave way long ago...
  • Long Gone by Paul Pilkington

    Long Gone by Paul Pilkington

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The brand new mystery series from the author of the bestselling Emma Holden Trilogy and Kindle Number One Someone to Save You...A missing girl... Natalie Long is missing. About to board a high speed train from London’s Paddington station, she has vanished without a trace.Just two days earlier, things were so different...
  • Q & A by Vikas Swarup

    Q & A by Vikas Swarup

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest...
  • Her Perfect Family by Teresa Driscoll

    Her Perfect Family by Teresa Driscoll

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of I Am Watching You. The perfect family? Or the perfect lie?It’s their daughter’s graduation and Rachel and Ed Hartley are expecting it to be one of their family’s happiest days...
  • The Accident by Natalie Barelli

    The Accident by Natalie Barelli

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    If only she'd said no... Katherine knew she’d had too many drinks, but they were only going a short distance. And as Eve pointed out, it was late, there was no traffic anyway... Now, Katherine would do anything to turn back the clock. If anyone ever found out about the accident, it would ruin Katherine’s life...
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